CRASH ENDS THIRD NETSPACE V8 SUPERCAR RACE
A wet track contributed to a heavy crash in the third Netspace V8 Supercar Showdown at today’s Foster’s Australian Grand Prix, prompting officials to red-flag the race.
Queenslander Paul Morris emerged unscathed from his wrecked Sirromet Wines Commodore after he clipped the nose of Paul Dumbrell’s Castrol Perkins Commodore as Dumbrell recovered from an off-track excursion at Turn One on lap three.
Morris’ brand new VY-model race car speared into a concrete wall, tearing off the nose and two left-hand wheels, while Dumbrell’s car was also badly damaged.
The premature end to the race handed a second win to Caltex Havoline Ford driver Russell Ingall, who gave the new BA Falcon its first race win in yesterday’s Netspace V8 Supercar Showdown.
Second place today went to Dumbrell’s team-mate Steven Richards, who had earlier rubbed panels with Kmart Commodore driver Greg Murphy as drivers struggled for control in wet and slippery conditions.
Ford Performance Racing driver David Besnard took third place in the shortened race ahead of the Shell Helix Ford of Steven Johnson and Friday’s race winner Jason Bright in the Team Brock Betta Electrical Commodore.
Sixth place went to Rick Kelly (Kmart Racing Commodore), while Dumbrell took seventh and Morris ninth as those were the track positions they held at the end of lap two prior to the race being red-flagged.
Holden Racing Team driver and five-times Australian touring car champion Mark Skaife was classified eighth, having driven up through the field after a number of problems in the new VY Commodore in earlier races, while veteran Ford driver John Bowe rounded out the top 10 in the OzEmail Racing Falcon.
__________________ I believe in Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and that HRT/KMR/TB are all seperate teams.
Yeah it was disappointing at the GP today that it was a shortened race, personally i was looking foreward to the V8's rather than the F1's.....more exciting.
It's amazing how fast they still go in wet conditions, and those BA racers look so horn in the flesh!
__________________ BAXR8 Ute 5M- 13.51@106.03
zorst, SS Cai,240rwkw
NETSPACE V8 SUPERCAR SHOWDOWN RACE 3
Sunday 9th March 2003 - Day 4
After 2 laps
POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT TIME LAPS GAP KPH BEST LAP
1 9 R. INGALL AUS Caltex Havoline Racing Team 4:56.956 2 128.576 2:23.531 2
2 11 S. RICHARDS AUS Castrol Perkins Racing 5:01.250 2 4.294 126.743 2:24.415 2
3 19 D. BESNARD AUS Ford Performance 5:02.112 2 5.156 126.382 2:23.377 2
4 17 S. JOHNSON AUS Shell Helix Racing 5:07.390 2 10.434 124.212 2:26.470 2
5 50 J. BRIGHT AUS Team Brock 5:07.787 2 10.831 124.051 2:26.805 2
6 15 R. KELLY AUS Kmart Racing 5:08.335 2 11.379 123.831 2:26.789 2
7 8 P. DUMBRELL AUS Castrol Perkins Racing 5:10.713 2 13.757 122.883 2:26.832 2
8 1 M. SKAIFE AUS Holden Racing Team 5:11.628 2 14.672 122.522 2:27.650 2
9 29 P. MORRIS AUS Sirromet - Life Style Wine 5:13.291 2 16.335 121.872 2:27.641 2
10 88 J. BOWE AUS OzEmail Racing Team 5:15.373 2 18.417 121.067 2:30.233 2
11 3 C. MCCONVILLE AUS Lansvale Smash Repairs 5:15.680 2 18.724 120.950 2:29.808 2
12 0 G. RITTER AUS 00 Motorsport 5:16.777 2 19.821 120.531 2:29.457 2
13 4 M. AMBROSE AUS Pirtek Racing 5:17.048 2 20.092 120.428 2:29.103 2
14 45 J. RICHARDS AUS Team Dynamik 5:18.550 2 21.594 119.860 2:28.383 2
15 5 G. SETON AUS Ford Performance 5:18.997 2 22.041 119.692 2:31.824 2
16 18 M. WILSON AUS Shell Helix Racing 5:19.984 2 23.028 119.323 2:36.042 2
17 7 R. FORBES AUS 00 Motorsport 5:21.216 2 24.260 118.865 2:29.135 2
18 21 B. JONES AUS OzEmail Racing Team 5:21.642 2 24.686 118.708 2:31.861 2
19 33 J. WHINCUP AUS Garry Rogers Motorsport 5:21.964 2 25.008 118.589 2:31.194 2
20 6 C. LOWNDES AUS Ford Performance 5:23.643 2 26.687 117.974 2:29.916 2
21 65 P.RADISICH NZL Team Betta Electrical 5:23.798 2 26.842 117.917 2:28.900 2
22 69 C. BAIRD NZL Team Kiwi 5:26.024 2 29.068 117.112 2:30.158 2
23 44 S. WILLS AUS Team Dynamik 5:27.428 2 30.472 116.610 2:34.608 2
24 75 A. TRATT AUS Toll Racing 5:27.591 2 30.635 116.552 2:29.994 2
NOT CLASSIFIED
51 G.MURPHY AUS Kmart Racing 2:41.095 1 DNF 118.506
20 J. BARGWANNA AUS Larkham Motorsport 0 DNF
10 M. LARKHAM AUS Larkham Motorsport 0 DNF
66 D. CANTO AUS Team Betta Electrical 0 DNF
FASTEST LAP
19 D. BESNARD AUS Ford Performance 2:23.377 on lap 2 133.151
__________________ I believe in Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and that HRT/KMR/TB are all seperate teams.
The F1 race was a beauty. I think the new rules will do what they intended, and that's make good exciting, unpredictable racing. Let's hope blueprint does the same...
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